Author: Karly

November 24, 2015, marked the last day of my Peace Corps service, my Close of Service (COS). Now I am an RPCV – a RETURNED Peace Corps Volunteer. The question of the moment is “What will you do after Peace Corps?” I don’t really have a straight answer. I know that I want to look… Continue reading COS

Today’s sunsetIt is extremely dusty and windy but the sky was illuminated;I ran outside for a quick second to take a photo but my allergies are terrible  One large part of my PCV experience has been being a part of the diversity committee – a group aimed at addressing the diversity of PCVs. In Lesotho… Continue reading Diversity Project

Being in Lesotho, I have access to many fruits and vegetables but the ease at which they are accessible is greatly decreased. Everything I buy, I have to carry to the taxi rank and once I get to my site, I have to carry it up a moderately steep hill. To cook, I have a… Continue reading Cooking in Lesotho

I don’t think there is any simple solution to teaching, but there is one teaching aide that has been remarkable to my life skills classes – the Sara books. In the second quarter of the school year, I focused on HIV and AIDS and after evaluating them, I was disappointed with how many students did… Continue reading The Sara Books

This past week was a holiday from school – Lesotho’s Independence Day break, also a week in between the third and fourth quarter of school. During this break, I went back to Leribe to visit my old village. It was the last time I will be able to see the people there before I finish… Continue reading School Break

Even though this blog is supposed to be me, “sharing my commute with you”, I may have left out one detail about my travel logistics – mostly because I didn’t want my parents to be worried but mainly because I didn’t want them to be bugging me with their worrying.  This way of getting around… Continue reading Hitchhiking

A “herd boy” is a term in Lesotho used for a boy or man whose job is to take after the animal herds – mostly cattle, but also sheep and goats. They go out in the fields and mountains, sometimes for days at a time, with the animals and watch over them as they graze.… Continue reading Herd Boys

For the past few weeks, it has been pretty warm and it feels like winter is finally over. It is still very dry and windy, but the spring has slowly been adding colors to the village. My rondeval A distant view of the neighborhood. Peach trees are blooming! They are so pretty and everywhere in… Continue reading Springtime

Last weekend was my Close of Service (COS) conference. This conference was designed for the outgoing volunteers to celebrate what we have done as volunteers, prepare us to look towards our future – what we want to do after Peace Corps, and finish our work here and say goodbye. We spent a day and a… Continue reading COS Conference